Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in Mchinji district, Malawi; using a conceptual hierarchy to inform analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Hall, Jennifer Anne ^a   Barrett, Geraldine ^a   Phiri, Tambosi ^b   Copas, Andrew ^a   Malata, Address ^c   Stephenson, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MaiMwana Project   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ENGLAND; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; POPULATION MODEL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994589311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165621     Document Type: Article

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